Andreas Görlitz

Andreas Görlitz

Görlitz while at Karlsruhe
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-01-31) 31 January 1982
Place of birth	Weilheim, West Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	San Jose Earthquakes
Number	77
Youth career
1989–1996	TSV Rott/Lech
1996–2000	TSV 1860 München
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2003	TSV 1860 München II	59	(8)
2002–2004	TSV 1860 München	37	(1)
2004–2010	Bayern Munich	18	(0)
2005–2010	Bayern Munich II	21	(0)
2007–2009	→ Karlsruher SC (loan)	49	(0)
2010–2013	FC Ingolstadt 04	63	(1)
2012–2014	→ FC Ingolstadt 04 II (loan)	2	(0)
2014–	San Jose Earthquakes	3	(0)
International career‡
2003–2004	Germany U21	9	(0)
2004	Germany	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 February 2007

Andreas Görlitz (born 31 January 1982) is a German footballer who plays defense for the San Jose Earthquakes.

Club career

Born in Weilheim in Oberbayern, Bavaria, West Germany, Görlitz began his professional career (as a midfielder) with TSV 1860 München, by then in the Bundesliga; his first match came on 10 February 2002, in a 1–2 loss at 1. FC Nürnberg, but he could only amass a further four league games in his first two seasons combined.

In the 2003–04 season, Görlitz made the transition to defender, and appeared in 32 matches for TSV, scoring his first professional goal on 27 March 2004, at Eintracht Frankfurt, through a header (3–0 triumph), as his side was finally relegated, after ranking 17th.

Görlitz signed with TSV neighbours FC Bayern Munich in the 2004 summer. He even started some matches in the new season but, following an injury in a UEFA Champions League contest against Juventus FC, on 3 November, spent almost two years in the sidelines.

In the summer of 2007, it was announced that Görlitz would join newly promoted Karlsruher SC, on loan for the 2007–08 season. The player only missed three league matches and his club finished 11th, well clear from relegation.

On 9 May 2008, the loan deal was extended for another season. Following his second year, in which he featured significantly less, also suffering another relegation, Görlitz returned to Bayern, to play through the final year in his contract. For the third consecutive season at the club, he was often demoted to the reserve squad.

On 4 March 2014, Görlitz signed a contract with the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.

International career

Shortly after signing for Bayern, Görlitz made his debut for the Germany national team, appearing in the last five minutes of the 1–1 friendly with Brazil, on 8 September 2004; the following month, he assisted veteran Thomas Brdarić as the striker closed the score at 2–0, in another exhibition game, this time against Iran.

Club statistics

As of 31 October 2012

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	League	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1860 München	Bundesliga	2001–02	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
		2002–03	2	0	0	0			2	0
		2003–04	32	1	2	0			34	1
Total			37	1	2	0	—		39	1
Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	2004–05	7	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
		2005–06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		2006–07	11	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
Total			18	0	1	0	4	0	23	0
Karlsruher SC	Bundesliga	2007–08	31	0	2	0	—		33	0
		2008–09	18	0	1	0			19	0
Total			49	0	3	0	—		52	0
Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	2009–10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
FC Ingolstadt	2. Bundesliga	2010–11	27	0	2	0	—		29	0
		2011–12	28	1	1	0			29	1
		2012–13	5	0	0	0			5	0
Total			60	1	3	0	—		63	1
Career Total			164	2	10	0	4	0	178	2

Honours

FC Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10
• DFB-Pokal: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10

External links

• MLS player profile
• Andreas Görlitz at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Andreas Görlitz at National-Football-Teams.com